On her Instagram page, Princess Ubolratana - the elder sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn - said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) robots be not only made as toys for children but also as companions to elderly persons at home.

The princess said that she had met a Thai robot manufacturer who makes AI robots, named "Din Sor" (pencil), for use by the elderly who are alone at home.

The princess took an AI robot, named Buddi, along with her on trip to Trang province in southern Thailand where she was scheduled to view progress in the "To Be Number One" anti-drug project.

New-Age Chef & Valet Robots To Make Your Life Easy

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Make Way For The Machines

10 Apr, 2019

While the robotic revolution is making a splash around the world, here are a few that aim to make life easier, simulate human emotions and take us closer to the future. While the robotic revolution is making a splash around the world, here are a few that aim to make life easier, simulate human emotions and take us closer to the future.

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Robotic Dragonflies

10 Apr, 2019

The BionicOpter was a talking point recently when Jeff Bezos tweeted a short video of himself playing with the robot dragonfly at his robotics conference MARS. The makers, Festo AG, say they have “technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly” — the robot can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings. BionicOpter supports wireless real-time communication, a continuous exchange of information, and can identify complex events.

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Racing Robots

10 Apr, 2019

Motobot 2.0 is an autonomous motorcycle-riding robot that combines the latest in motorcycle and robotics technology to drive around a racetrack on a Yamaha YZF-R1M. The motorcycle dons a look of the classic modern aerodynamic racing two-wheeler, while the robot needs human operators only to specify how aggressively it should race. Motobot 2.0 can race at a speed of almost 200 kmph but it’s no match for Valentino Rossi yet.

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Interview Robots

10 Apr, 2019

Tengai, a brainchild of Furhat Robotics, is the world’s first job interview robot that aims to take out unconscious human biases from the process. She sits on top of a table directly across the candidate she’s about to interview. Tengai has three degrees of movement freedom and can display complex expressions — blink and smile lightly as she poses her questions.

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Robo Chefs

10 Apr, 2019

Creator, a burger restaurant that opened last year in San Francisco, is home to two sedansized robots each of which can churn out 120 burgers an hour. Each robot is reportedly equipped with 350 sensors, 50 actuators and 20 computers together which allow it to grind the meat, shape the burgers, slice the tomatoes, grate cheese and dispense mustard. The robots themselves are controlled by a machine learning algorithm.

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